JULIANA HORATIA EWING.

LONDON:
SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE,
Northumberland Avenue, W.C.
NEW YORK: E. & J.B. YOUNG & CO.

[Published under the direction of the General Literature Committee.]


Dedicated

TO

FOUR BROTHERS AND FOUR SISTERS.


CONTENTS.

PAGE
[Melchior's Dream][9]
[The Blackbird's Nest][51]
[Friedrich's Ballad][66]
[A Bit of Green][118]
[Monsieur the Viscount's Friend][134]
[The Yew-lane Ghosts][188]
[A Bad Habit][236]
[A Happy Family][261]